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an indie production with representation

Overall: I gave this 40 minute movie an indie and a representation bump. Aired on Wayufilm's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJuzPtHUKMs&vl=en-US (membership has access to steamy scenes).

Content Warnings: past death

What I Liked
- representation of a character in a wheelchair as a romantic lead and also a character with a neurological issue
- caring moments

Room For Improvement
- slow pacing but then the romance needed more development
- odd that a character was smiling/laughing as he talked about how his dad died
- I'm not an expert but I found it odd how he could use the bathroom on his own at night but not get into the bed

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Recommendation Challenge feb 2025

Watch this for my recommendation challenge by Crafty. One heart-warming story of a family. Sometimes the most beautiful family is not the one we were born into, but simply the one that we found later on in our life. As usual MDL summary is quite messy. Let me tell u the story from my perspective.

Story about Mo San Mei (SM), who has been lost in the world. SM feels forced to do his family's business for generations; to arrange the funeral for the dead one, they offer their service from doing make up, rearranging the body if the body is crushed by accident, until providing the urn after they're being cremated. One line of work that we often look one eye at because we think it brings bad luck, but also one important job to escort our loved one for their final time…

One day, when SM was preparing the body of an old woman, he got attacked by a child. This child is Wu Xiao Wen (XW), the old lady is XW’s grandma who was dead during her sleep. So, XW’s grandma never said her last goodbye to XW & XW has no one except her grandma, feels SM took her grandma from her. Since no one really cares nor pays attention to her, XW slips to go search for SM's car & begins harassing SM to give her grandma back.

Frustrated yet not knowing what to do with XW, SM only could call XW’s uncle to take XW back. But it turns out XW uncle's household did not allow them to take XW in. The desperate uncle finally turns to SM for help. At first only for a few days, but soon those days turn into permanent.

SM with the help of his friends / employees Yin Bai Xue & Wang Jian Ren, adopt & take care of XW. From XW, SM learns how to take responsibility, how to be a dad & find a new meaning for his life & learn new appreciation for his line of work. And XW herself learns that someone loves & welcome her.

When everything looks beautiful, comes a new problem; XW’s mom returns & asks for XW back. So how in the end SM handle the situation…?

That's pretty much the story without giving anymore spoilers. From this movie we really can see how selfish adults are, & also how beautiful the child love is. Really one beautiful story to be watched.

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Must watch

Disclaimer: I watch this movie only with English Dub. (It makes it so much funnier, in my opinion.)
The story itself it pretty funny on its own, but having the English dubbers talking for the characters just gives it that little bit of extra funniness. All the characters have excellent comedic timing, but I think that Show Lo does an especially good job at making me laugh. But this movie is much more than just funny.
It touches upon a man who has made his fortune by being ruthless but realizes, in finding his roots again, that things have gone too far and it is hurting the very person that he has learned to truly care. She can see him for who he is rather than just how much money he has and he must save her.
We can also see the impact on the environment and the ocean and see him realize that all of its creatures (including mermaids) should be treated better than they are. But not everyone thinks this way though, so toward the end, things get very sad and emotional but it ends happily.
The fact that a movie can go from being so funny to being so touching is a testament to how much thought was put into making it.
I love to rewatch this movie every other year and I think that if you haven't watched it yet, it is definitely worth it.

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Chef x Snob love <3

This is a fantastic love story between a food snob and a chef that loves the challenge of making him like her food.
The two leads are so unique and different but they also really compliment each other. I would say kind of like a grump x sunshine trope as well.
They learn to grow alongside each other through all of the shenanigans, it is just so wholesome and sweet and funny.
Every year or so, since the first time I watched it, I have to do a rewatch.
I highly highly highly recommmend this movie, but be prepared to get hungry, because the visuals of the food are mouthwatering.
Prepare a snack beforehand!

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I want everyone to watch this.

I think this is 2024 one of best movie that i have watched in 2025, it can be also character driven story then plot driven, because i don't think there isn't any plot, more of an emotional ride in my perspective, and also it is teen or early adult hood perspective so remember that, we shown through eyes of character.

I liked the grandma character, she was sweet and supportive of liu chunhe.
And please don't think the mom character as red flag character she was just stressed and frustrated she put all that on liu chunhe, that scene made me watch the movie.

It was a great movie and i really like it and connect to it on emotional level, specially this mom and child dynamic, maybe That’s why i like this movie. And the acting was top notch, the main character actor and actresses did a fantastic job.

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Don't Dive Into This

Holy moly what a letdown. After a fantastic Season 1 and a difficult Season 2, the movie wraps it all up by being probably the worst of it all. This feels, in all honesty, like it is trying its absolute hardest to not connect itself to the previous Season. They literally handwaive an incredibly important change to one of the characters with a snarky retort, that's how shoddily they treat Season 2. The only recurring reference to it is a single sentence and the visuals of Nanaha being deceased, but the latter could honestly be assumed through offscreen shenanigans or a timeskip between Season 1 and the movie. And as rough as I felt Season 2 was, I think avoiding any connection to the season is worse than sticking to your guns and continuing to reference the season. The plot is absolutely ridiculous - you're telling me the monsters who can easily overpower and kill and actively eat humans would be something that anyone at any point would think is a good idea to have as a form of cattle? Why did Tachibana think this is a good idea? Is he stupid? It reminded me of the story The Promised Neverland but at least in that story the villains are the creatures that overpower humans and not the other way around. It really didn't make much sense to me. The new character with his Neo-Alpha transformation ability was not explained - you're literally told "it's against the rules for me to tell" and then I guess everyone including the scriptwriters thought to themselves "I guess it would be rude for us to say anything else about it then". But like, the ending of Season 2 mentioned a new Sigma project as the stinger for further stories? Was he the new Sigma? But he wasn't Sigma, he was Neo-Alpha? What the hell is this?

I think the only thing that I liked about this movie was both Jin and Haruka crossing their personal borders to continue their fights - Jin killing a Human and Haruka eating a... Wait, Haruka didn't eat a human being, Haruka ate an Amazon. Is that the same thing in this world? I mean they're obviously meant to be humans but like, humans are eating Amazons, so are they not? If they are, did it satiate Haruka? What does this imply for any of the Amazons in the prior seasons? Did any of them try to eat each other?

This movie just ends up leaving so many questions, and not good ones. Really rough way to end a story.

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“It took so long… I was 25, and now I’m 33.”

I truly feel sorry for everything this woman had to endure. All the unbearable hardships she faced just to make her voice heard. The worst part of these agonizing years was reading people's comments criticizing her for having the courage to come forward, to speak up against that disgusting predator, and to expose his filthy truth! Even worse, women, those who were supposed to stand by her! didn't believe her words...

At the end of the documentary, I cried tears of joy. This wasn’t the end of everything, and she still has a long and painful road ahead, but it felt so good to see her finally win after all these years, to see her voice finally heard. Even though the documentary was only an hour and a half, I felt like I had walked those eight years right beside her.

Ito shiori, stay strong and keep going. You are one of the strongest women I have ever seen in my life.

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What are the chances you can be interested in the plot ?

I think this movie is for really small circle of people.

First thought, it resembles the wolf of wall street. If you know you know.

I watched it in Korean with Spanish subs, as half conversations were in Spanish and I speak Spanish. I want to visit Bogota and love kdramas and one of my fav actors is Song Joong Ki - what were the chances of such combination!

On top of that, 1997-2008 - I used to live in Russia, I was a child, but I was aware of similar situation with goods, not sure from where, maybe from China. I cannot though confirm if what happened in the movie did happen in Bogota, Columbia, but it was similar in post-soviet era.

Interesting observation, I am not sure if I needed this flashback from my adolescence - there used to be a lot of similar movies in Russia, especially at the end of 90-s, about the period of wild capitalism and new market, which started after collapse of USSR. However, they usually had dark end for main leads. I didn't expect Guk Hui to survive.

I am glad Netflix aired the movie, I enjoyed it, though there were boring moments. I would give it 8/10, though I understand where current rating came from, as in this case I am not sure who was the targeted audience.

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Keep Tissue Close By

First - do not expect a warm fuzzy ending. It’s been 10 minutes since this movie ended and I am fighting off a second wave of tears.

I am usually not too affected by high school love stories, but this one broke my heart. I have felt this type of pain from the loss of my husband, and was quite envious of their ability to tell each other how they felt before they were permanently separated in the end.

The movie itself was very sweet it its development between the leads and how they grew close. And while I find these noble ‘sacrifice’ story lines annoying sometimes, this one made me quite sad.

The ML (what a gifted actor he is!) and the FL grew close because of friendship and shared interests, not an attack of random hormone release, and this is how lasting relationships should begin. A steady slow burn that stokes a fire that lasts a lifetime.

It was refreshing that there weren’t any psycho ex’s or ranting parents throwing fits and causing havoc. I am glad they focused on this instead of including tropes that distracted from the story.

Their separation was sweet and something neither wanted, but adults will be adults when it comes to making decisions regarding their families.

I am glad they left out how he ended up losing his life, because I’d still be sobbing if it had been included.

The ending was bittersweet. The FL finally found out what happened to him, and she finally got to see his love for her reflected in the video he had left behind.

I really loved this movie despite its ending. It was beautifully filmed and the cast was perfectly cast. Frankly, I don’t even remember anything about the music, that’s how much my mind was engaged in the story.

I think this will be my go to drama when I need a good cry and to cherish memory’s if the past.

Keep the tissues close at hand for the ending. You’ll need them.

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THIS IS A TOTAL...

This is a total masterpiece. So, this AMAZING show right here, was thrilling, at the same time very very funny. It's been so long since I laughed this hard! The way the scenes made me laugh even during the most thrilling situations. These two guys, I'm telling you, are insane! They're total wackos, like, in a good way, I mean!

STORY
A very very informative story, which I really loved. The two student-police guys, (Park Ki-Joon - Park Seo-Jun and Kang Hee-Yeol - Kang Ha-Neul) are literal goofballs. They, at a certain time, find a girl getting kidnapped, and they follow her and a bunch of things happen. I really don't want to spoil the fun!

ACTING and CAST
Park Seo Jun!!! OMG! His role is a somewhat idiot (?) but then, when it comes to being serious, he's just kinda serious! The funniest role, like I laughed sooooo loud! I think... the same goes with Ha Neul, I thought at first, he is some kind of a nerd, but turned to be another goofball! Their roles are soooo funny, LOVE their Chemistry!! Perfect fit roles!

I CAN REWATCH THIS MANY MANY MANY MANY TIMES!

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